Imperial Schools - Diplomat Yearbook (Gladewater, TX)

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Although there is no formal scientifically oriented program among the elementary grades there are myriad opportunities for scientific investigation. A rainy day may eli- cit questions about what makes it rain, where does rain come from, or what causes thunder? The freshness of spring and the budding plant life are grand opportunities for the study of the beginnings and development of life. Students plant various types of seeds and learn from personal experience the law of biogenesis that life can come only from life and that all life reproduces after its own kind. Children are also able to observe the develop- ment of animal life in hatching chicks or rais- ing hamsters, kangaroo rats, guinea pigs, tropical fish or family pets. Even structured stress analysis is investigated in such construc- tion activities as building a 13-foot span sus- pension bridge from craft sticks and string. Magnetism and electricity are not just talked about but shown how they can be construc- tively used as in electric motors fwhich stu- dents construct for themselvesj, or tape re- cordings fwhich they make repeatedlyj. Students experiencing the shock of static electricity as they walk across the rugs of their classrooms on a very dry day open up a whole field for scientific discussion and experimen- tation. E E

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Education is not something reserved for a textbook. The home, backyard, construction down the street, the sky above and the earth under our feet is the classroom. We need only to tap the wealth of our environment to drink in a richly rewarding education. Re- wards not only for the student but for the teacher as well. High school science takes on more sophisti- cation as experiments become more involved and demanding. More independent work is done. Project work is encouraged where stud- ents can construct electronic equipment, a telescope, develop various types of machines or work in a biological area such as raising bees. More emphasis is placed upon the students responsibility for independent research and personal initiative for completing their own project.